About this Research Topic
Magnetic resonance imaging is, without a doubt, a key diagnostic tool in clinical veterinary neurology. Its implementation in animals dates to the early 80s, as dogs were used as experimental model for brain edema and abscesses; however, it was not until one decade later that this modality was implemented for clinical purposes in veterinary neurology. As the availability of low- and high-field magnets in veterinary centers increase and technology advances, the understanding of central nervous system pathologies in the pre-mortem phase, including temporal evolvement of disease and monitoring effects of therapeutic approaches to the nervous tissue morphology, has been likewise enhanced.
Moreover, MRI findings of multiple diseases affecting the nervous system of animals, including epilepsy, meningoencephalitis, neurodegenerative disorders, metabolic encephalopathies, spinal cord injury, among others, mirror their counterpart in human medicine, therefore highlighting the pivot role of this modality for translational medicine.
State-of-the-art MRI techniques that provide information beyond morphology are a focus of interest in veterinary neurology. Recently, technologies that allow characterization of CSF flow dynamics and velocity, functional MRI, or registration of MR with histopathology images, among others, have been described in dogs. Such technological developments open the door for investigation of potential diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers that may benefit animals and humans affected by central nervous system pathologies.
Authors are invited to contribute with their work to the research topic “MRI in Veterinary Neurology”. The main areas to be included in this research topic include, but are not limited to, are:
- Quantitative, semi-quantitative or qualitative MRI assessments of central nervous system pathologies (congenital, vascular, inflammatory, or neoplastic diseases).
- Clinical research and application of non-conventional MRI sequences in animals (diffusion-weighted images, perfusion imaging, CSF flow velocity measurements, spectroscopy, functional MRI, etc).
- Evaluation of MRI morphologic features and/or metrics as biomarkers for diagnostic or prognostic factors for neurologic disease.
- MRI-assisted interventional veterinary neurology/neurosurgery.
- Translational MRI in pathologies affecting the central nervous system
- MRI artificial intelligence applied to diseases of the central system in veterinary patients.
Moreover, MRI findings of multiple diseases affecting the nervous system of animals, including epilepsy, meningoencephalitis, neurodegenerative disorders, metabolic encephalopathies, spinal cord injury, among others, mirror their counterpart in human medicine, therefore highlighting the pivot role of this modality for translational medicine.
State-of-the-art MRI techniques that provide information beyond morphology are a focus of interest in veterinary neurology. Recently, technologies that allow characterization of CSF flow dynamics and velocity, functional MRI, or registration of MR with histopathology images, among others, have been described in dogs. Such technological developments open the door for investigation of potential diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers that may benefit animals and humans affected by central nervous system pathologies.
Authors are invited to contribute with their work to the research topic “MRI in Veterinary Neurology”. The main areas to be included in this research topic include, but are not limited to, are:
- Quantitative, semi-quantitative or qualitative MRI assessments of central nervous system pathologies (congenital, vascular, inflammatory, or neoplastic diseases).
- Clinical research and application of non-conventional MRI sequences in animals (diffusion-weighted images, perfusion imaging, CSF flow velocity measurements, spectroscopy, functional MRI, etc).
- Evaluation of MRI morphologic features and/or metrics as biomarkers for diagnostic or prognostic factors for neurologic disease.
- MRI-assisted interventional veterinary neurology/neurosurgery.
- Translational MRI in pathologies affecting the central nervous system
- MRI artificial intelligence applied to diseases of the central system in veterinary patients.
Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, veterinary medicine, translational medicine, artificial intelligence
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